Pumbaa I'm looking for the same reason. I have not been to KTP since I was a kid. There is great advice on the forum, but i'm a book-aholic and need at least half a dozen books on any one topic! The bag of books that goes to KNP is bigger than my clothes bag!

"In the end we conserve only that which we love, we love only that which we understand, we understand only that which we are taught" (Baba Dioum, Senegalese Ecologist)

We ahve only been to KTP once but the following books are recommended in the Visitors guide we purchased at Twee Rivieren:
- The Kalahari: Survival in a Thirstland Wilderness (Nigel Dennis, Michael Knight & Peter Joyce
- Kalahari Hyaenas (Guss Mills)
- The Crowdwd Desert - The Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (Wilf Nussey). Only one that I have read - quite old as you can see by the titel but a very informative read, especially on the historical aspects.
- The Guide to the Kalahari Gemsbok Park (Guss Mills & Clem Haagner.

If I remember the shops in KTP had a decent selection of books/guides - especially about the local lioness 'Ousus'

The Sanparks book with maps and lots of other useful information is excellent but be warned the travelling times allowed in thus publication are hopelessly inadequate and misleading and in some cases one has to double the time given between camps! Apart from that it is an excellent publication!

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One of the most resent books on the Kalahari is "Kalahari - Macnificent Desert" which is the work of one of our formites. Available at Exclusive Books. The script is fantastic and factual, and the photos out of this world.

i agree the book "Kalahari Magnificent Desert" is a very coffee table book, we received this book as a gift from Jurgens CI for purchasing our Explorer 1 Caravan from them in Dec 2007 and will come in handy when visiting KTP in Sept 2008

Check out the guide "Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park" written by Peter Derichs. Very comprehensive with meanings of place names, GPS positions, tree & shrub ID, water quality, plus a section on the birds and animals found there.